to, 2007-06-07 kello 12:19 -0600, Knight Walker kirjoitti:
> And you'd be 100% wrong in at least a few occasions. X11 applications
> aren't just for running desktop apps on the Moko. They can also be for
> running Moko apps on the desktop.
Well put there, hadn't even considered that. I'm not quite the heavy
user of remote X as you appear to be, but it does often have value. I
can immediately see it here now that you pointed it out.
> First, I get a sad little chill when people think that dropping X11 will
> solve all their speed problems, with absolutely no knowledge of X11's
> origins and progress over the last several decades.
Indeed eliminating X is often quoted as a silver bullet for getting
speed without really justifying it much at all. Also good points about
it seeming unlikely that the core GUI stuff is really profiled much, and
having a reliable, widely used and documented graphics platform etc.
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